THE LATE COLONEL NIXON.
To the Editor of the New Zkataxd ITekai.d. Silt,—To-<liiy, at 1 p.m., IT. M. S. S. 'Curaooa.' bonrins the broad blue pendiint of Commodore Sir "WilHuin Wiseman, Hart., —which ship has never broken groimil since she first moored in the "WVirc— mata, —took her departure, witli his E>:cclleney the Governor on board, on an excursion to the island of lurau. To-day, at 3 p.m., amid mire, sludge, and heavy falls of rain, Anr-kl:i<id and her surrounding districts, llnekeil ii> the Aliierl iJunacks in tliousamls, soldiers, pail' ■■,•.--. ii-.iiiiiii,volunteers, men, women, iiiul diildren, to do lionourto tin- obsequies of Auckland's foremost colonial soldier. I bej: of you to second these facts— comments I leave to otliers, —remaining A Sohkov.'ing Colonist. Auckland, May 30.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 171, 31 May 1864, Page 4
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125THE LATE COLONEL NIXON. New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 171, 31 May 1864, Page 4
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